Spectacles of Truth in Classical Greek Philosophy: Theoria in Its Cultural Context by Nightingale, Andrea Wilson

Spectacles of Truth in Classical Greek Philosophy: Theoria in Its Cultural Context (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521838252)

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Format: Hardcover
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Spectacles of Truth in Classical Greek Philosophy: Theoria in Its Cultural Context by Nightingale, Andrea Wilson

Spectacles of Truth in Classical Greek Philosophy: Theoria in Its Cultural Context

$120.00
Spectacles of Truth in Classical Greek Philosophy: Theoria in Its Cultural Context by Nightingale, Andrea Wilson

Spectacles of Truth in Classical Greek Philosophy: Theoria in Its Cultural Context

$120.00
Format: Hardcover
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From being viewed as an activity performed in practical and political contexts, wisdom in fourth-century BC Athens came to be conceived in terms of theoria, or the wise man as a "spectator" of truth. This book examines how philosophers of the period articulated the new conception of knowledge and how cultural conditions influenced this development. It provides an interdisciplinary study of the attempts to conceptualize "theoretical" activity during a foundational period in the history of Western philosophy.

Author: Andrea Wilson Nightingale
ISBN-10: 0521838258
ISBN-13: 9780521838252
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/12/2004
Pages: 322
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.47lbs
Size: 8.99h x 6.36w x 0.96d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2005 pg. 1603

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